a b s t r a c t
Anthurium (Anthurium spp.) is an ornamental that is widely appreciated around the world, primarily for
its showy and colorful spadix. A successful tissue culture protocol for anthurium would allow for the
mass clonal propagation of this plant to serve the floriculture pot-plant and cut-flower markets. Success
has been achieved in anthurium tissue culture using several explant types, and the morphological and
cytogenetic stability of such regenerants has also been tested. This review provides a detailed analysis of
the conditions required for the successful culture of anthuriums in vitro. Besides micropropagation, this
review also highlights selected current applications of in vitro anthurium biotechnology such as anther
culture, polyploidy production, genetic transformation, and their importance in breeding work, synthetic
seed technology and cryopreservation.